Human resource development for modernizing the agricultural workforce

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-386

  Rivera, William M ^a   Gary, Alex E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workforce; Capacity building; Human resource development

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849104401     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484308324633     Document Type: Article

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